The response of macroinvertebrates to artificially enhanced detritus levels in plantation streams

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 550-559

  Pretty, James L ^a,b   Dobson, Michael ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Detritivores; Forestry; Old growth conifers; River management; Woody debris

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; DETRITUS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PLANTATION FORESTRY; STREAMWATER; WOODY DEBRIS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; KIELDER FOREST; NORTHUMBERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

CONIFEROPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 8644235694     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-8-550-2004     Document Type: Article

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